Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 38
25 drive in straight-ahead running, a difference of speed in the twodrive-wheels in turning corners, and a rapid restoration of nor-mal conditions, is usable for this purpose. There is, however,another necessary function, which may not be omitted—the dif-ferential must also be a balance gear. That… … Fig. 22.—A form of Differential Gear formerly used on Tricycles. The studs of thepinions, AA, are set in spokes of the sprocket, turning on their own axes only wheneither of the wheels of the vehicle, attached respectively to B and C, cease rotating,as in the act of turning. At no time, even on…
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